Risk & Insurance
Taxpayers demand a lot from the public sector, especially in times of crisis. The impact of COVID-19 has been no different, except this time, public pressure is even greater. To make matters worse, a pandemic does not of...
Posted: May 08, 2020
Judge Dismisses Coronavirus Protection Suit Against Meat Processing Plant The Case: Workers at a Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Missouri sued their employer for allegedly not doing enough to protect t...
Posted: May 08, 2020
Since Risk & Insurance® started working from home in March, I’ve fallen into a bit of a routine. Our weekly meetings to assign and plan content have moved to phone calls, video conference...
Posted: May 08, 2020
For more than 20 years, DMEC has recognized May’s Mental Health Awareness Month. We even dedicate a full edition of DMEC’s @Work magazine to this topic. This year’s Mental Health Month is like no other in my lifetime. The coronavirus...
Posted: May 08, 2020
We discover a new contagious killer virus. What does risk management tell us to do? Contain it. By quickly identifying and isolating the sick, we cut off the virus’ ability to spread. From this relatively small pool...
Posted: May 08, 2020
After serving 28 years of a 70-year sentence for murder, William Virgil was exonerated in 2015. DNA evidence later led a Kentucky grand jury to dismiss the charges against Virgil in 2017. Virgil’s next course of action was to sue the City o...
Posted: May 07, 2020
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Posted: May 06, 2020
Posted: May 06, 2020
COVID-19 has killed more than 10,000 residents and st...
Posted: May 06, 2020
Business interruption claims a-plenty are rolling in after the novel coronavirus effectively shut down many non-essential businesses in the U.S. The event that typically triggers most business interruption policies is property damage — with...
Posted: May 06, 2020
Buildings that were once fully occupied by employees are now vacant or operating with limited personnel. This undoubtedly increases the risk of fire, theft, water damage and vandalism. It also may delay the time it takes to identify and res...
Posted: May 06, 2020
Workers’ comp care managers and clinicians know that managing chronic pain takes a fairly hands-on approach. Injured workers suffering from the condition often try several different treatments before finding one that eff...
Posted: May 05, 2020
Supreme Court Rejects Clean Water Act Loophole The Case: The Clean Water Act was meant to keep pollutants out of America’s navigable rivers, oceans and lakes. But what if the pollution ge...
Posted: May 05, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused health care facilities to rethink their operational strategy, the government has been supportive in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Advertisement
Posted: May 05, 2020
Posted: May 04, 2020
COVID-19: let’s face facts. As an industry, workers’ compensation is in unchartered territory. We are all required to show up and step up. To predict factors, assess risk or propose to be specialists in treating this disease would be irresp...
Posted: May 04, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting 957,875 cases of COVID-19 as April comes to a close,...
Posted: May 04, 2020
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Posted: May 04, 2020
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry by empowering companies to dramatically accelerate the development of new drugs while cutting costs by hundreds of millions of dollars. Advertisement
Posted: May 04, 2020
Public entity risk sharing pools were first developed as a means to address unique exposures in the public sector for which limited insurance products were available. Advertisement
Posted: May 02, 2020
Renovate America, Inc. was on the hook for two underlying lawsuits alleging elder abuse. The suits alleged the administration of the corporation’s Home Energy Renovation Opportunity, or HERO, program was poorly executed, leading to abuse an...
Posted: May 01, 2020
Posted: May 01, 2020